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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-01
Would Not Sign.

We may ell be thankful to Judge
Field and others who will at times in
sist upon their rights against the some
times annoying and unreasL BILE rules
OF railroads and other corporations and
business concerne, or any Officials,
whether they represent the post-ofice
custom.house, or any thing else.
A rather spare old gentleman, with
thin grayish whisks r., and wearing a
pair Of highly polished spectscIes, lean
ed over the counter in the Southern
Pacific Company's uptown ticket Office
Monday morning, and asked for a
round trip ticket 10 Portland.
"Thiriy dollars" promptly res-
pended the clerk. The passenger laid
the gold on the counter, and the clerk
pulled the ticket out of the case, and
handed it toward him with we'll
ink Ell pen. .--s.. ...-.
.What is that for?" asked the passen-
ger with touch of contempt in his
tone and gIancing toward the pen.
"Sign there please"
81 beg your pardon"
'.Sign the ticket, please"
"No, sir; l refuse. There Is no law
in the United States compelling me to
sign n railroad ticket. There is your
money. Give me the ticket"
The somewhat ruffled agent looked
AT the passenger, and then at the tick
ct, but did not touch the money.
"What Is your name siI?" he asked
st length.
"Stephen J. Field" was the reply.
Then 1t dawned upon the rather
dazed mind OF the young man behind
the counter that he was talking to one
Of the Justices Of the Supreme Court OF
the United States. Heqnie'ly stamped
the unsigned ticket, handed it to the
passenger with suLdued air, and, as
he put the money in the drawer he
was observed by the by-standers to be
in very reflective mood.-iSa,a Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-01
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

g. i. EOA"NEl.. j. $. EOATNEl:.
&. J. a }. =. Boallner,
4 1tOKNEYS AND COUNSELCRS All
II Law, Monroe, La, viii practice il, all
the Parishes OF North Louisiana, in tho
supreme Court at Monroe, tho Federal
Counts. and in tho and Office Department
oil lie General Government.
Office fronting northeast corner of public
si"are. July II, ISSG-ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-01

Nearly every person wastes enough
in 20 or 80 years, which, if saved and
carefully invested, would make a fans
lily quite independent, but the principle
of small savings has been lost sight OF
in the general desire to become wealthy.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-01
TO THE INSPIRING PUBLIC.

I l.. KALISKI & SONS aro no longer
q. the agents OF Northwestern Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Dakota.
\. II. MARLEY II Co. Managers.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-01
Results Of Saving Small Amounts Of None

Very few boys realize the result Of
saving their pennies. Frequently a
suggestion Is sufficient to stir up de-
sire TO become independent. The fol
lowing shows how easy IL il to accu-
mulate a fortune, provided steps are
taken. The table shows what would be
the result ate-the end of so years by
saving certain amount each day and
putting it at interest at the rate of six
nor cent.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-10-01
+. w. BLEES. 3. A,

University Of Heidelberg and Graduate Of Tire
Hog'h Music 'Schoof Of ITnc,=bapy, Gc,70nny,
hegs to inform his friends and the puh
that no will continue to give private instr,,c-
ton in Music and Languages. The best
methods and technical means of instr.,c-
ton (digitoriun, etc.) used.
1f'~'* 2'uyab'e n,onthiy fu Atitttucc.
5000 per Month.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27
Wilkins Wit.

Idieues- b Helr- walking delegate
The Jews were the 6r-t boy CUTTER
Mans humanity % man makes count
less thousands trust.
Hades is very much ike tHeatrr
The bald dead men are 70 be- found IN
the pit
How many men would marry their
'Ioxy' if they could only 10 It by proxy
The cast-irou plafitUdesof life can never
harmonize with the philosophy If steal
The gambler who follows bis ante. r.
often obliged o. hunt up hi- ncie
man vejiei % bad passion hath a
vixen for Vife.
Life isa three at drama youth mid
DE aga AMI oid az. The spectators 20
our' between the second and third acr
Hot sin cocktails mixed with beef TEA
are the latest. They are called oxy-gin
punch
The only thing that can get over the
ground afa Gvelier rate Of speed than an
electric current r. SANDER
There Is a manufacturer at CohOes %
opposed 70 strikes. that be has excluded
ali clocks from his residence. rnat strike
the hourof day.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27
Sound Advice.

Julius Cesar Smith was inquired for.
and asked to come forward to the presi-
dent. desk, and when BIZ had complied
Bro. Gardner said
Brudder smith what sort ofa mash
en- am dat you war on De west
Oats chestnut bell. sab.
When YOU start our t. sell chestnuts
you rang dat bell sh
No. sab I ring de bell when anybody
gits of an old Joke"
On. I see. What effect doe il hev
on De udder pusson
IL doan know, sab
What effeck does it hev on you2
Julius Cesar shifted around uneasiIy
out didn't replv.
Brudder smith continued the presi-
dent, e pus-on who am fool 'nutf 70 pin
one Of dose things u his vest doan know
an now an old Joke from a new one.
Dat eislss II pGssous whocrv chestnuts
and rats, % give the balance 90 de
world an ideah dat dey an smart. am
really lie only class wid0ur brains nuf
% keep 'em straight in De road You
walk ober % dat winder an arap Iar bell
into de alley. an lie sooner We gt deilea
dat you doan know more'u al de rest ob
de world put together, de better il viii
be for vou.-I Il.,rsif Free Pr,gs
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27
Hard to Construe.


Look here, said the brakeman. stir
ring up the sleeping passenger. who was
doziug the miles away while a forbiiding
looking dog sIumbered quietly at his feet.
Look here. chat dog can't ride in rhis
car
Il know be can't, muttered the pas
senger. but he does. doesn't he2
But he can't ride any longer shout
FL the brakeman.
Course not, said the passenger. half
opening his ewes in sleepy interest fall
grown dog. never be any longer than he
Is now
-But ne can't ride any more said
the brakeman. showing signs of irrita-
ton
No replied the passenger. opening
his ewes wide. 60 he seems to De getting
all the ride the old train can give him
now.
But roared the brakeman. he won't
ride another mile.
Can't bet on that. said the passenger.
doing away again. queer dog. owned
him SIX years. and never can tell one
minute what he viii or won't do rhe
nexr.
But he mustn't ride in here, shri-ked
the brakeman
Course be mustn't sieepiIy said the
passenger. wife says every day he mustn't
come into the house. and he Just lives in
it,
Well By thunder roared the
brakeman he's rot TO get OUT IF this
place
That's what book-keeper says at
the office. wearity groaned the sleepy
passenger, and be sleeps under the
disk when he isn't scratching for rats
under the safe and in tine old waste ba--
krt
Then tue brakeman g1t mad and went
to the conduct0r There's man in
here got a dog with him" he said. 'aud
1 can't make him bulge ont If the ear
with it,
oh that sleepy oJd dutfer in the
Pennsylvania coach said the conduc-
tor tried him myself and ne wore
out the imperative mood of ali the
verbs in the grammar on me before
GOT mad enough % bounce him, and
then he went 70 sleep. Let him alone
He gets off at the next station and I
am going 10 run him about seventy
miles.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27
SOMERSET, PA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL ~ 1887
A Murderer's Strategy


NIichael EaeIin. who killed his wife at
Louisville. Ky, escaped the galloWs by
shamming insanity, and then iaHghed at
the court. He feigned the maiidy So
successfully that superintendent Pusey,
Of Anchorage Asylum testified that he be-
lieved the case genuine. He based his
belief on the fact that kaelin sat for
hours with q fixed stare. never moving
hi- head This DR.. Pusey considered an
impossible fear fora sane man. Neyerrhe-
less. Kaelin was sentenced U hang March
+ Y last Ee secured new trial because
the word feloniousiy7 was omitted IN
the Indictment Evidence was brought
from Switzerland that MANY Of the
family were insane. Dr. Pllsey and
other expert, again testified for the de-
fense, and tire verdict WIS imprisonment
for life.
When naeiin was brought in for SEN
tence last Saturday. he had entirely lost
his vacant stare tbs unkempt hair had
been carefully trimmed. his beard shaw
ed and his moustlche combed and brush
ed into shape This was the work Of a
barber Bat there was new hight In his
eve and a smile on his face as he stepped
brisSly in front If the Judge He smiI-
ed when the Judge remarked upon his
changed appearance. and when asked #
II were due u the fact that he had eseap-
ed from the1ury with his life. said nom
chalantly Nav be SD.
The patience ofthe Court gave away
at this. and in passing the life sentence
he delivered a lecture such as a murderer
seldom hears
If had thought at any moment dur
ing the progress Of your trial. it con-
cIuded, thar your appearance Of iusan-
itv was what an men can now see it was.
an abominabiv false and simulated one.
1 would have stopped proceedings on
the instant In passing this sentence I
am not giving y9u your deserts. Instead
of this ought to be pronouncing rhe
Judgment of death. As it il. expect no
pardon II Is your tate-a fate too good
for yau-to pass the remaining years If
your miserable life within the hard walls
Of prison without the hope of freedom.
until death shall bring IL % you.
kIelin laughed again and started o.
boast Of his trick but was peremptorily
silenced He now talks freely and there
is DO Doubt whatever chat he was sham
ming. since the last trial it has ievei-
oped that Kaeiin. with bis fellow prison
ers. showed Hrtie signs Of insanity and
PLAYED poker with the shrswine-- Of an
expert
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

HORSE cHEsTNUTs-A FANCY

HORSE CHES NUTS-A FANCY
Ny heart my heart
70 life did slaL
Amt blossom with the bla1nlins spring
Ny -onl iid move
With April loye.
And grew TiTl every zreeuiug JiliBe
Fair buds the be-li-
Too Glir far -I,ecE
utmine % Show 1t, changing mieu.
How -dft and slow -
FIRST q green sloW.
And ,ilen mist cloud Of green
soft covering they
The tl.-els gray
That hang She willow branches al.
And -ati lle blush
That pink doth Ea-h
The appie-Ju-es 8bov. the waIl
Not $50. HnJ SD.
}iy ove .iii raa
As These ia ~pruuf-ily i-in.y
~e-t-ce can one rsI
Nor reckon well.
The day ri.e auur. fheir airtH a.id ~--
Bur mark The way
That long ere Alay
The fans do rl9the rl, raestuut-tre,-
te, each curved cwi-
Yf.a sfr.i- .sr..,r- f
And ,niaeiA brsuU-lise u tae breeza.
Ia-'liy @ ~selthed
Tomorrow hre.rled
Upon ts arer wind 1t morn.
And I.le Tree sisud=
Irru ,lsI-aud haaE
utgaHa- -r.H. --acr tarmidai-Hf asrl.
Al.- -..--tg- -s--
Ms .ey-ait -riW.
Fs. 1s l4. 1r-s1g- and 1he ~aA,
TILL 1Uhed iu Jl, tlea
Ny spirit smsV
jos fragrant ~lmmcr-tlme begun
ll thy sweet eyes
Ny SUD dii rise
rhg voice made April win.i-ruds -1ie
Ans, az r., cali
5ly Iau-ia-- al
Fg-.-.uiIei Into .1yilgS 75ao.
oue iay ou La4-
A.iu lle power
pf .uge Z q sought uut mastered r.-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27
The One he Forgot


John 7 would Ike 70 invite my friend
Mr.. Smalley. tins evening, VIII you be
able 70 De- in
No. my dear { must attend the
meeting Of the Knights of Honor To-
night
Wei. tomorrow evening
have the Aneien5 Order Of United
Workman. and you know
What about Wednesday evening
OH. the Uid Fellows meet that night
and on THURSDAY I have a meeting Of
the Chosen Friends 10 attend on Fri,Iay
the Royal Templars ON Saturday there's
a special meeting Of the Masonic Lodge.
and couldut miss that AID then
sunsiay-iet me see-what is there on
-undy night nay dear
The Grand and ancient Order Of
Christian Fellowship.
Why. have forgotten Am mem
Der Of that--1et me see
But yeu have forgotten another so
cietv, john Of which YOU were once a
member
What's that p
Your wife's,r
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27
Free Trade.

The reduction of internal revenue an,l
tine taking off Of revenue stamps from
Proprietary Medicines. Do doubt has
largely benefited the consumers. rs well
a5 relieving the burden of home mann
Gleturers Especially Is tai- tine case with
Greras i'iqg,st fyo,ces- and B.sei,r., Ci,.iaq1,
Sp7sD, as the reduction Of thirty-six cents
pr ,ioz-n has been added 20 increase the
zNsot the bottles containing these reuse-
IN <lereby giving one-ifth more medi-
cine inrhe 75een; size. The tsgpe FEo,r-
r faF Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint, and
the f,rrpaa >sp7tp for Cough and Lung
troubles have perhaps. the largest sale Of
any medicines IN the world. Tae advant-
age of increased size of the bottles VIII De
greatly appreciated by the sick and If
hiete'I IN every town and village in CIV
1izei countries. sample BOTTLES for To
cents remain the same size.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

Gilmore Aromatic Wine cures chronic
iiarrhoea- cholera morbuz. dysentery and
all bowel complaints female weakness.
nervous debility. dyspepsia and loss of
strength Il T. the best tonic known for
men. women and children.
C-iImore'- Magnetic Elixir cures coughs
colds. hoar-eness. br1nchitis. and Is ths-
best reme,iv ever produce'i f,r all lize.ls-
- II the throat and lungs One tea
spoonful viii relieve the worst ca=e or
asthma in one minute
tiiimors-s Neuralgia cure Is positive
remedy for sick headache and neuralgia
in all IL forms
elilmore's Pile specife Is one IT the
best and most reliable special remedies
ever introduced It never fails b afford
relief
The Gilmore Remedies are for sale BY
Biesecker & snyder
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

THE REV. GEO. f. THAYER. Of fBour-
bon. Ind, SAYS; Both myself and wife
swe our lives 70 .ShiEoi's Consumption
Cur Sold BY g. " Benfori * son
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27


was q tri'ier on the Island who had q
large stock VI roots. and after pdlaves
lasting txa dav- amt nights the -uperaar-
90 finally made bargain with hiul 4
was observed 1v the captain that some
change bad come over the natives. for on
his previous "trip they had been -aeer to
close abarsiiu atany squire named, The
natives ia our crew had been permitted
~ 20 ashore, and dozen or So or the
leading men Of the stand had come
abroad and inspected as. It WAS night Of
the second LAY before a trade was agreed
upon. ON the following day ee were %
begin IIaIiug and receiving goods. There
Sa~ big crowd ri natives ou shore OPP
ps-.te the steamer and they had canoes.
earaHaElu-. and dhow, enough To have
embarked 800 people Just before night
c.ased IN we sighted a large Junk coming
down from the direction Of Formosa. but
gave her no partcula. attention. AZ
about @ o'ciock she came ioeeiug along at
p taimp- gait. and dropped her mud hook
within 300 feet ofus, gave hera look
ing oeer with the night 2La-s, and rs only
five er six men could be- made out au her
dee.s, itv was natural Go conclude that she
was triter.
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

A mountain range IN Central Asia has
been named after IT. eliscoverer, tieaeraI
Prievalsky. We sincerely hope thar this
stem-winding Columbus viii change his
nanle before he discovers any more
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

Right wrones no man though II de-
Pends something on what you write.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

Piping tinlesi IN Germany 600 meer
s,haums mad. yearly
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

SHILOH : CaJ4rrh Remesiy-spositive
cure for eataTrh. diphtheria and canker
mouth. sold BY 6re0. " Bsnfort 4 son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

ARE you msde miserable by Indiges-
ton. Constipation, Dizziness, Los of sp-
petite. Yellow skin . ShTloh's Vitalizer :
a positive cure Sold by g. W Benford
* Son
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

Beaded al. asera ana Fac. Trimmed 5000 each
ausuH. -..a 81 Hlr-- ftl 8eId l-.Ilmluls tfui-
EHr haH- H8ru.n- Wraps Misses and
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27
Your wifesi

A parior suit-Coarting in the front
room.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-27

The fishery quesrion-IIf you bring
the flask with YOU. lack,
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The Prince Of wails-The tom cat
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-16
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.

Vice President Smith, of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad, denies that there is
any rumor that the company intends to re-
move its shops to Birmingham.
The Savannah, Dublin and Western rail
road expects to use the steel rails bought for
the extension of the Macon and Covington
railroad in building the road from Macon
toward Savannah. The rails will be re-
turned as soon as connection is made with
Savannah.
The MORNING NEWS has received from
the traffic department of the St Paul,
Minneapolis ard Manitoba Railway Com
pany an attractively gotten up little work
''Where to go and What to do" 1t is full
of interesting information about many
things other than railroads
Chief Engineer Gardiner, of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad, has been in Augusta
making arrangements to change the already
projected route from Augusta to Blackville
for the coast line that is TO run from SUM
ter, S. c., to Augusta. The cause Of the
change is due TO the steep grade between
this point and Blackville, which exceeds at
its highest point thirty feet. The new pro
posed survey will reduce the length of the
road six miles, and will run six miles west
of the present survey
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-16
Local Personal.

Mr. j. DeBruyn Hops has been appointed
Assistant City Surveyor.
Mr. Robert Erwin and family left last
night for Huachnca, n. NJ.
John B. Howard, ESQ.,, city surveyor, left
for Baltimore yesterday for surgical treat
ment.
Vice President Van Horn, of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, is expected in
the city to-day.
Capt. H. II. Speer, of Chattahoochee
Fla, paid flying visit to the city yester-
day. He has been on visit to his orange
grove in South Florida. He reports that
the fever scare in that region has passed
away.
Among the Alabama Zouaves, of Bir-
mingham, which figured prominently at
the Montgomery encampment was a
trio of popular young Savannahians who
located in Birmingham. They are F. NJ.
and E. M. Cornwell and John Douglass.
hieut. f. j. Acosta, of the Zouaves, was
also formerly a Savannah merchant He is
an old member of the Georgia Hussars, and
was one of the aides, representing that com
pany, at the Inauguration of President
Cleveland, and rode with Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee. The Montgomery Star says OF him
that he is good soldier and clever gentle
man, and Just the sort of a fellow to have
in camp.
Among the arrivals at the Pulaski House
yesterday We're q. II. Childs, Chicago; L. +.
Brown, L. r. Hodgekns and family, w. n.
Bell, c. d. Mundy, P. j. McPhillips, j. G.
Carpenter, New York; Henry st. Clair, J.
j. Woods, Boston; G. L. Cooke n. B. Reid,
Texas; d. s. Kern, w. S. Mitchell, Phila-
delphia.
At the Marshall House were NJ. c. Rog-
ers, Atlanta j. w. Morrison, Columbia,
Ala; J. f. Grady, Red Bluff George r.
Lombard, Augusta; W. B. Daniel, J. +. De
Dacey, Eastman; B. T. Outland, Scarboro
r. j. Hancock, Lynchburg, Va; George
Rawley, Martinsville, Me-; Louis Rim,
Boston; d. II. Knight, Milo S. Knight,
Belleview, Fla. Don c. Campbell Lowell,
Mass. Sam f. Jones, H. Cushman, Gaines
vile, Fla. r. G. Henry, Dublin, B. H. Har-
rail- II. {. Hawkins, Eastman.
At the Harnett House were James Camp
bell, New Richmond, Can; Capt. c. f.
Fischer, Mrs. c. F. Fischer, Titusville, Fla.
WI. Iripp, Blutfton, 5. c.; A. S, Field,
J. Spivey, II. S. .Spivey, Dublin; v. S.
Joyner, Sandersville; w. NJ burden.
Swainsboro; Rev. H. B. Stuart Martin,
WayciUss; Rev D. Watson VIM, st.
Smon's Island; c. g. Neale and wife. Ports
month, n. II
at the Screven House were w. H. Sharp,
II. c. Underwood, Atlanta; f. Allen, Mont.
gomery, Ala: l.. f. Mcconnell, Troy, n
Y; h. A. Stevenson, S. S. Shaw, j. Van
Horn, j. w. Snyder, New York: w. G..
Brantley, Blackshear; D. Copeland J. Cope
land, Detroit; T. Il. Melville, Richmond.
Va. j. D. Hardy and wife, Houston, Tex. (;
r. 2. Spaldins, ST. Louis; d. Thomas and
wife, Naldosta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-16
SURVEYING TRAoKLEss PATHS.
The Signal Service Mapping Out the
Course of the Winds.

The Signal Service Mapping Out the
Course of the Winds.
The Savannah signal station has been in
operation since Jan. /, 1871, period of six
teen years, and the records that have been
kept with so much care and accuracy during
that time are beginning to be of value in de-
termining with some degree of certainty
the ways and habits of Dame Nature in re.
gard to the weather, though, of course, she,
like all of her sex, has many freaks and fam
cies, which sometimes puts the signal service
TO a complete rout.
One of the efforts of the meteorological
branch of the government is TO discover If
the wind is the libertine that he is accused
of being, of if he more closely resembles the
steadicr part of humanity, follows in his
course an unsurveyed path, other than
wander whittier his rakish will may lead.
Assistant Observer David has carefully
compiled record of the direction of the
wind from Jan. /, 1871, to Dec 81, 1886. and
inclusive, and he finds that the winds do
blow in certain general directions at certain
periods of the year and those general direc-
nary, NV; February, NV; March, S;
August, SW: September, NE; October, NE;
November, NV; December, NV.
AS is implied by the phrase general
direction, it is not the intention to convey
the idea that from Jan. 1 until Feb % the
wind blows steadily from the northwest,
and on May it whips around to the south,
but that the directions indicated are the
prevailing directions during the time speci-
fied